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HARWICH
& Dovercourt Bay
Home of The Mayflower
@HistoricHarwich
www.historicharwich.co.uk
2020 Edition
KINGS LYNN
NORWICH
GT YARMOUTH
LOWESTOFT
CAMBRIDGE
IPSWICH
STANSTED
COLCHESTER HARWICH
CLACTON-ON-SEA
LONDON
HARWICH
This traditional historic maritime town has a fascinating history. It is probably
best known for being the home of Christopher Jones, Captain of the
Mayflower, who in 1620 took the first pilgrims to America. 2020 sees the
400th anniversary of this incredible journey and Harwich will be participating
in the many celebrations planned throughout the UK and oversees.
There are also numerous attractions to visit in and around the town including
the High and Low Lighthouses, the Treadwheel Crane, the Redoubt Fort (a
truly spectacular Napoleonic circular fort and moat) and The Electric Palace
Theatre, one of the UK’s oldest operational cinemas.
The port itself however, remains a bustling centre of maritime activity with
cruise ships, ferries and container ships regularly visiting. Harwich beaches
are also popular spots for walking and watching the ships go by!
DOVERCOURT BAY
Dovercourt Bay has a superb stretch of sandy beach and has a ‘Blue Flag’
Beach award and with a promenade that stretches for miles, walking, cycling
and waterbased activities can all be enjoyed. There are also spectacular views
of Felixstowe as well as the Harwich and Languard Forts.
The town centre itself has a number of historic and character buildings,
which reflects the towns’ rich past. Shopping in the High Street is not
dominated by national retailers but a varied selection of independent, family
run businesses and shops
FOOD & DRINK There is an excellent choice of cafes, restaurants and traditional pubs in both Harwich and Dovercourt. • You will find FREE Wi-Fi available in these premises. Restaurants, Cafes and Bars in Harwich • British Flag - 55 West Street • Café on the Pier - Ha’penny Pier Domino Pizza - Retail Park • Hanover Inn - 65 Church Street • Lambard’s Salt House - 26 Kings Head Street (opening summer 2020) • McDonalds - Retail Park • Navyärd Bar at The Pier - The Quay • New Bell Inn - Outpart Eastward Pieseas Chippie - 76 West Street • Samuel Pepys - 31 Church Street • Shakers Bar - 12 West Street • Skippers Fish & Chips - 21 Garland Road • Thai up at the Quay - 1 East Gate Street • The Alma Inn - 25 Kings Head Street • The Crown Post - 57 Church Street The Globe - Castle Gate Street • The Mayflower (Brewers Fayre) - Parkestone Road • The Pier Restaurant - The Quay • The Stingray - 56 Church Street Restaurants, Cafes and Bars in Dovercourt Deli 141 - 141 High Street • Matt’s Diner at Dovercourt Plaza - 32-34 Kingsway Mandarin House - 614 Main Road Ocean Fish Bar - 612 Main Road Peking Chinese Restaurant - 192 High Street Pizzeria Napoli - 1 High Street Rainbow Café - 12 Wick Lane • Station Road Café - 190 High Street Tasty Chinese - 161 High Street • The Bottle Kiln - 60 Kingsway • The Fish House Restaurant - 184 High Street The Kings Arms - 178 High Street The Pavilion Café - The Esplanade - opening July 2020 • The Royal - 387 Main Road The Royal Oak - Main Road • The Waterfront - Lower Marine Parade The White Coffee House - 11 Kingsway • Turkish Meze Café/Restaurant - 204 High Street USA Fried Chicken - High Street
ACCOMMODATION Whether you’re looking for a hotel, a bed and breakfast or perhaps a stay in a caravan with views of the sea there are plenty to choose from and they are all marked with a ‘BED’ on the map overleaf. • You will find FREE Wi-Fi available in these premises. Harwich • Captain Fryatt - 65 Garland Road • Premier Inn - Parkestone Road • Samuel Pepys - 31 Church Street • The Alma Inn - 25 Kings Head Street • The Pier at Harwich - The Quay • The Stingray - 56 Church Street The 1912 Centre (Hostel) - off Kings Quay Street Dovercourt • Dovercourt Caravan Park - Main Road Greenacres Caravan Park - off West End Lane • The Bottle Kiln - 60 Kingsway • The Goodlife - 162 High Street • The Tower Hotel - Main Road, Harwich CAR PARKING There is plenty of free ‘on street’ car parking in both Harwich & Dovercourt. However, you will also find ‘Pay & Display’ car parks at Bagshaw/Milton Road in Dovercourt town centre and in Wellington Road and along the quayside in Harwich. USEFUL WEBSITES www.historicharwich.com www.essex-sunshine-coast.org.uk www.visitessex.com www.harwich-society.co.uk www.electricpalace.com ‘Mayflower 400’ www.mayflower400uk.org Harwich Town Council www.harwichtowncouncil.co.uk Harwich International Port www.harwich.co.uk Walking Routes in Essex www.essexwalks.com North Sea Cycle Route www.sustrans.org.uk
GETTING THERE By Car From the A12 / A14: Join the A120 at Colchester. Once on the A120 follow the signs to Harwich and Harwich International Port. On approaching Harwich, to visit Dovercourt, follow the signs to Dovercourt Town Centre and for Harwich, follow the brown tourism signs to ‘Historic Harwich’. From the M11: Leave at junction 8 and join the A120 eastwards, heading for Braintree and Colchester. Once at Colchester take the A12 towards Ipswich, but take the A120 signed to Harwich. From the M25: At junction 28, take the A12 and then join the A120 at Colchester. By Train Regular train services provide a fast, convenient service to both Harwich and Dovercourt on ‘The Mayflower Line’ from Colchester, Ipswich, Chelmsford and London Liverpool Street. www.greateranglia.co.uk To purchase tickets: 0345 600 7245 For all other routes contact National Rail Enquiries www.nationalrail.co.uk Tel: 0345 748 4950 By Bus Not only do regular services run from the surrounding area to Dovercourt Town Centre, Harwich and Harwich International Port with First Group, other operators also operate a good bus service from other parts of the country. Details & timetables can be found in the Guildhall and at the Ha’penny Visitor Centre on Harwich Quay. www.firstgroup.com/essex Customer Service: 0345 646 0707 Traveline: 0871 200 2233 By Bicycle Route 51, of The National Cycle Network is a long distance cycle ride and passes through Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Essex, finishing in Harwich. The section between Harwich and Colchester also forms part of the North Sea Cycle Route, known as EuroVelo 12. www.sustrans.org.uk By Air London (Stansted) Airport is within easy reach of Harwich (50 minutes by car or taxi), with Heathrow and Gatwick being only 2 hours’ drive away. By Sea Stenaline operate regular day and night crossings on the Stena Hollandica and Stena Britannica from the Hook of Holland to Harwich. www.stenaline.co.uk
DID YOU KNOW……………
• 2020 marks the 400th anniversary of
The Mayflower setting sail to America.
• Christopher Jones, Captain of the
Mayflower, was born in Harwich in 1570.
He married Sarah Twitt in December 1593
and they had one child. After Sarah died
he married Josian Gray in St Nicholas
Church in November 1603. He eventually
died in 1622.
• Christopher Newport was christened and
married in Harwich and is best known as
overall Captain of a small flotilla of
three ships; The Discovery, The
Godspeed and The Susan Constant,
which dropped anchor in
Chesapeake Bay in 1607.
Jamestown became the first
permanent English settlement in
North America.
• In the 1660’s, Samuel Pepys was First
Secretary to the Admiralty and was also
the town’s MP.
• Dovercourt was recorded in the Doomsday
Book (1086) and was then a very small
village with a population of about 120. The
inhabitants were peasants who farmed the
land around a cluster of wooden huts.
• In 1319 the port of Harwich received its charter from King Edward II.
• Harwich is believed to be the only town that has a British example of a
two wheel man operated Treadwheel crane, which dates from 1667.
• In the 1720s the writer Daniel Defoe visited Harwich.
• In 1761 The Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz landed at Harwich on her
way to marry George III.
• In 1854 the railway line between Colchester and Harwich was opened.
• Sir Thomas Lipton, Tea millionaire, owned a shop in the 1880’s
in Market Street.
• Captain Charles Fryatt, master of the SS Brussels and who was executed
by the Germans in 1916, is buried in All Saints Church, Dovercourt and The
Fryatt Memorial Hospital was named after him.
• In November 1918, shortly after the Armistice of World War 1, approx. 200
German UBoats surrendered in Harwich Harbour.
• In 1938 the first ‘Kindertransport’ arrived in Harwich bringing some 200
children from a Jewish orphanage in Berlin and many were housed in a
summer camp in Dovercourt Bay.
• Roy Francesco Salvadori, English motor racing driver and manager, was
born in Dovercourt to parents of Italian descent and was living at 117 High
Street from 1922-1929.
• Hi De Hi, the popular comedy series was filmed at Warner’s Holiday Camp,
Dovercourt between October 1979 and October 1987.
• The Headquarters of Trinity House is based in the town. They control all
lighthouses and buoys around the country.
Dovercourt BayOUT AND ABOUT Walking There are many great walks one can choose from which take in some of the fantastic history and picturesque countryside. The Essex Way is a long distance footpath stretching for 82 miles right across Essex. If you only wanted to do part of it, a 16 mile walk will take you to Manningtree, where you can pick up a train to return you to Harwich. Cycling There are plenty of opportunities for cyclists to ride in and around both towns as well as from further afield. The local train service also welcomes cyclists, so whatever your route, experience or stamina, there is always the choice of going home by train! Part of the route is a 25 miles ride, which forms part of North Sea Cycle Route. This starts at Harwich and continues onto the Wivenhoe Trail and then along the River Colne to Colchester. This is where you can catch your train back to Harwich. Activities There are a wide range of family activities available along the promenade, including an impressive range of sport and leisure facilities at Dovercourt Leisure Centre. Adjacent to the beach there is also a putting green and crazy golf (during the summer months) a boating lake and a small amusement arcade. Dovercourt Skate Park is situated alongside the leisure centre and is free and open all the year round and can be used by skateboarders, BMX bikes, inline skates and scooters. www.harwichtowncouncil.co.uk Dovercourt also has its own Skating Rink. Skate hire is available. Tel: 01255 551296 www.simplyskating.co.uk Seal Watching Seal watching trips are offered all the year round from Harwich to Hamford Water National Nature Reserve. The trips take between 90-120 minutes. Book on line at www.sealwatching.co.uk Departures are from the Ha’Penny Pier. Tel: 01728 666329 Nature The area’s nature reserves and bird sanctuaries provide excellent opportunities for bird watchers and wildlife enthusiasts. Bobbit’s Hole, Dovercourt, is a small freshwater lake bounded by secondary woodland and is a valuable wildlife pocket attracting a number of bird species, including the Kingfisher. Further Information The Mayflower Trail & Mayflower 400 The Mayflower - ‘One ship that links four nations and spans 400 years of history and connects millions of people’. To coincide with the 400th anniversary in 2020 of The Mayflower sailing to America with the Pilgrims, Harwich is amongst 12 destinations commemorating this historic milestone. Christopher Jones, who was Captain of the ship, originated from Harwich and the town will be offering dedicated Mayflower Tours, talks, exhibitions and a whole host of events and activities throughout the anniversary year itself.
Mayflower Heritage Trail
This unique trail will take you on a journey around the town and you will
also be able to experience the fantastic interactive presentations which
will bring the story of the ship and its voyage to life.
Mayflower 400 Visitor Centre
Esplanade Hall, Wellington Road, Harwich
Discover the incredible connections between Harwich and the Mayflower
voyage, in a brand new exhibition for 2020. The interactive displays and
fascinating interpretations will guide you back through time and tell
the story of the ‘Mayflower of Harwich’, its Master, Crew and the rich
maritime history of a town steeped in heritage.
Christopher Jones House
Kings Head Street, Harwich
Walk in the footsteps of the
Mayflower’s Captain and visit the
actual house of Christopher Jones,
which is open as a visitor attraction
for the first time. Discover the
fascinating story behind Jones’ life
and use ‘augmented reality’ features
to go back in time before 1620. A
must visit.
Download the Mayflower 400
Trails App from iTUNES and Google.
Christopher Jones’ house
For further information about the
Harwich Mayflower attractions or
to book a dedicated tour, contact the Harwich Society on (01255)
502872 or visit: www.historicharwich.com / www.mayflower400uk.org
Harwich Maritime Trail
The Harwich Society offers free guided walking tours of Harwich every
Saturday at 2.00pm, throughout the summer. However, other walking
tours can also be arranged throughout the year. The average length of
the tour is approx. 1 hour and normally includes entry to the Treadwheel
Crane, Lifeboat Museum, High Lighthouse and Maritime Museum. Tours
start at The Ha’penny Pier Visitor Centre.
Tel 01255 504590 www.harwich-society.co.uk
Ha’Penny Pier Visitor Centre
The Quay, Harwich (Open 1st May - mid October)
The centre is where the Harwich Society volunteers are based and where
all guided walks start from.
Tel: 01255 553610 www.harwich-society.co.uk
Harwich Harbour & Ha’penny PierThe Guildhall
Church Street, Harwich (Open 9.30am - 1.00pm Mon, Wed & Fri)
This is the town’s only Grade I Listed Building and its present design dates
from 1769 and is the home of Harwich Town Council. The Carvings Room was
once used to hold prisoners waiting to be tried or sentenced and etched into
the bare, wooden walls of the room are elaborate carvings of ships, gallows
and symbols to ward off evil spirits, all of which date from the late 18th
century. Guided tours are available by prior arrangement. Tel: 01255 507211
email: info@harwichtowncouncil.co.uk www.harwichtowncouncil.co.uk
The Harwich Railway Museum
Home to both the Rail & Shipping Museum and The Haselton Collection, a
rare display of local beach finds, collected over 60 years. Open Saturdays,
April to October. www.harwich-society.co.uk
Harwich Library 33-35 Kingsway, Dovercourt
There is a wide range of information and interesting facts about the area with
details of places to visit and seasonal town celebrations and events. Free
WIFI is also available. Open daily, except Wed & Suns. Tickets for many local
events can be booked at the Harwich Festival of Arts Box Office.
Harwich Harbour Foot Ferry
The ferry, which can accommodate up to 58 people, takes foot passengers
and cyclists every hour from the Ha’Penny Pier across the Harbour to Shotley
and Felixstowe. Daily services operate seasonally, with the first ferry starting
on 1st April 2019. Please buy tickets online. Tel: 01728 666329
www.harwichharbourferry.com
WHAT’S ON IN 2020 continued...
Thurs 8 - Sun 11 October Harwich International Shanty Festival
www.harwichshantyfestival.co.uk
Sat 10 October Shanty Festival Theme Train
Manningtree-Harwich www.esscrp.org.uk
Sat 31 October Harwich Guy Carnival Procession
www.harwichguycarnival.co.uk
Sat 31 October & Harwich History Fair, 1912 Centre
Sun 1 November www.harwich-society.co.uk
Sat 7 November Harwich Sausage Festival
www.tendringcamra.org.uk
Wed 18 - Sat 21 Harwich Winter Ale Festival
November www.tendringcamra.org.uk (TBC)
Fri 27 & Sat 28 November Mayflower 400 Illuminate Festival
www.historicharwich.co.uk
Sun 29 November Kings Head Street Christmas Market, Harwich
www.htra.co.uk
Fri 4 December Dovercourt Christmas Lights & Market event
www.historicharwich.co.uk
Sat 5 December ‘Arrival of St Nicholas’ in Harwich
www.harwichtowncouncil.co.uk
Sat 26 December Harwich Beach Charity Swim
www.historicharwich.co.uk
Thurs 31 December New Years’ Eve Fireworks Display, Harwich
www.historicharwich.co.ukWHAT’S ON IN 2020
Sun 5 April Mayflower Half Marathon, Harwich
www.harwichrunners.co.uk
Thurs 30 April - Mon 4 May Harwich Ale Trail
www.facebook.com/harwichaletrail
Fri 8 May VE Day ‘40’s Street Party‘ at Beacon Hill Fort
www.historicharwich.co.uk
Thurs 21 May Mayor Making Ceremony
www.harwichtowncouncil.co.uk
Sat 23 May Visit of The Mayflower Steam Train to Harwich
www.www.steamdreams.co.uk
Sat 23 - Mon 25 May St Nicholas Church Flower Festival
‘The Voyage of the Mayflower’
www.historicharwich.co.uk
Sun 24 May Tour de Tendring - (TBC)
www.bike-events.co.uk
Sun 21 June ‘Harwich Sprint Triathalon’
www.harwichrunners.co.uk
Thurs 25 - Sun 5 July Harwich Festival of the Arts
www.harwichfestival.co.uk
Sat 4 July - 12 September Mayflower 400 ‘Octopus Ahoy’ Trail
www.octopusahoy.co.uk
Sat 11 July ‘Harwich Sing Tendring Voices’ Concert,
St Nicholas Church www.harwichtown.co.uk
Sat 11 & Sun 12 July Harwich Secret Gardens
www.opengardens.co.uk
Thurs 23 - Sat 25 July Redoubt Beer Festival - The Redoubt Fort
www.harwichtown.co.uk
Sat 1 August Wrabfest (TBC!)
www.wrabfest.co.uk
Sun 2 August Bobbits Hole Open Day & Charity Stroll
www.harwich-society.co.uk
Sat 8 August Harwich Maritime Festival & RNLI Open Day
www.harwichmaritimefestival.co.uk
Sat 8 August Maritime Festival Theme Train
Manningtree-Harwich www.esscrp.org.uk
Sat 8 & Sun 9 August East Coast Finn Dingy Championship,
Harwich Sailing Club www.finnuk.org.uk
Sun 9 August ‘Beside the Seaside’ (TBC)
www.historicharwich.co.uk
Mon 31 August Harwich Redoubt Open Day
www.harwich-society.co.uk
Sat 12 & Sun 13 Harwich Society Heritage Open Days
September www.heritageopendays.org.uk
Sun 13 September Harwich Motorcycle Rally
www.ehaat.org
A list of further events are shown overleaf
For further details about any other events, visit: www.historicharwich.co.uk
Supported by www.greateranglia.co.uk
All information was correct at time of printing (Feb 2020)POINTS OF INTEREST ON MAP
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